Digital Skills | IT Services | The University of Aberdeen

Digital Skills

The Digital Skills Team at the University of Aberdeen supports students and staff in developing digital literacies for academic and professional success.

Training courses

We offer a wide range of courses including:

Creating accessible documents
Digital wellbeing
Designing impactful academic posters
Digital note-taking
Working with long documents
Organising and sharing your files
Collaboration across Microsoft apps

Please visit the Course Booking System to see our current schedule.

Resources

Digital Skills for the Modern Workplace

Online workshops to equip you with skills to make your working life easier. Join our Teams group to view session recordings.

Online learning

Staff and students can access to an online learning platform called Percipio. Find out how to request an account.

Custom courses

We can arrange bespoke courses for staff groups. Contact us to discuss your requirements.

Who we are

Who we are

For all general enquiries about digital skills training, please contact the Digital Skills Team.

For help using University supported software, please contact the Service Desk in the first instance.

Digital skills training courses, user guides, and more, are provided by members of the Digital Skills Team. You'll find contact details for individual members of the team via their staff pages - see below.

Digital Skills Team

Claire Molloy - Digital Skills Team Manager and Information Consultant
Kim Richmond - IT Trainer, MS Office Specialist (MOS) Master*
Tim Riley - Information Advisor
Elaine Harrison - Digital Skills Advisor
Sarah Todd - Digital Skills Coordinator

*The MOS Master certification demonstrates “the deepest level of skills needed to use Office programs proficiently”.